It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City